Most people won't need an intercom system before spring so it might be worth waiting a while. Right now I have been asked to do some beta testing of IntaRide's new Evo-2 (I knew I would eventually benefit from living in a place with good weather) and from what I've seen so far I'm convinced it is going to revolutionise the market. There isn't much I'm allowed to tell you yet, other than the new model addresses what I considered to be negative about the Evo-1, the main one being volume.
The features and functions this model has do not exist in any other intercom out there and will cause quite a stir in the market. Intaride tell me that despite the leap in technology (yes, this is fully digital) they will still be priced very competitively. They tell me that they intend to keep the price of any additional cables as low as possible - so no re-mortgages !! I changed to IntaRide because the company I was dealing with prior to them p*ssed me off charging a fortune for cables.
I'll be putting it through it's paces over the next few weeks with a view to giving it as hard a time as possible, Rider to Pillion, Music, Zumo & Bike to Bike radio, this will help them "tweak" the software and find any weaknesses in the hardware.
As we all know, or should, most of the comparative testing we see in magazines often has criteria other than excellence to win. A couple of tyre tests on the GS highlight this phenomenon, in one test the Conti Road Attack was the best, the next test it was crap, go figure!
Recently one prominent magazine had a comparison test between intercom systems but it didn't include Baer, Starcom or Intaride, odd that!
Intaride will go to a less commercial but highly respected organisation for an objective test.
It will cost you nothing to wait awhile guys!
IntaRide have now posted some details on their website!
For those who don't know me I don't have any financial interest in IntaRide nor would I bullshit for them. However, I do like their products and how they try to work with their customers.
The features and functions this model has do not exist in any other intercom out there and will cause quite a stir in the market. Intaride tell me that despite the leap in technology (yes, this is fully digital) they will still be priced very competitively. They tell me that they intend to keep the price of any additional cables as low as possible - so no re-mortgages !! I changed to IntaRide because the company I was dealing with prior to them p*ssed me off charging a fortune for cables.
I'll be putting it through it's paces over the next few weeks with a view to giving it as hard a time as possible, Rider to Pillion, Music, Zumo & Bike to Bike radio, this will help them "tweak" the software and find any weaknesses in the hardware.
As we all know, or should, most of the comparative testing we see in magazines often has criteria other than excellence to win. A couple of tyre tests on the GS highlight this phenomenon, in one test the Conti Road Attack was the best, the next test it was crap, go figure!
Recently one prominent magazine had a comparison test between intercom systems but it didn't include Baer, Starcom or Intaride, odd that!
Intaride will go to a less commercial but highly respected organisation for an objective test.
It will cost you nothing to wait awhile guys!
IntaRide have now posted some details on their website!
For those who don't know me I don't have any financial interest in IntaRide nor would I bullshit for them. However, I do like their products and how they try to work with their customers.
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What i call being a step forward is for Garmin, Tomtom & co to include FM, DAB, bike to bike, etc on their touch displays, or for another company to provide the same on remote handle bar controls.
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